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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2009-0958

Medium
4.3/10

Summary

Apple iPhone OS 1.0 through 2.2.1 and iPhone OS for iPod touch 1.1 through 2.2.1 stores an exception for a hostname when the user accepts an untrusted Exchange server certificate, which causes it to be accepted without prompting in future usage and allows remote Exchange servers to obtain sensitive information such as credentials.

  • MEDIUM
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL
  • NONE

CWE-200 - Information Exposure

An information exposure vulnerability is categorized as an information flow (IF) weakness, which can potentially allow unauthorized access to otherwise classified information in the application, such as confidential personal information (demographics, financials, health records, etc.), business secrets, and the application's internal environment.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published